Top Aussie Slang Words (Accent): A Complete Guide

Funny Australian (Aussie) words, sentenced and phrases screamed by an international student in Australia. The Aussie slang is funny.

If you are an international student who’s planning to study in Australia, the Aussie slang words below will help you to get through everyday life and avoid any confusion. Don’t worry! You’ll soon be used to the Aussie-English.

Here’s a list of Aussie slang words/phrases and acronyms used in Australia:

Words Used to Express Yourself

TERMS/PHRASES	MEANING
Jelly	Jealous
Aggro	Angry
Totes	Totally
Heaps	A lot/ very
Full on	Wild/ Intense
Play it by ear	Decide as you go
No worries	It’s OK/ Don’t worry about it
______ as	Here you can use words like Tired as, Busy as or Awesome as. To understand the speaker, you can cut the word ‘as’ and replace it with ‘very’ in the front. This will help you to get what the speaker means to say.
Average/Ordinary	You need to be careful when using these words as they can sound like an insult, signifying that something is of poor quality.
Try hard	Someone who tries too hard to please others or is annoyingly enthusiastic.
She’ll be right	It’ll be fine

Words Used when Eating or Going Out

TERMS/PHRASES	MEANING
Kiwi	A New Zealander (but also a bird or a fruit)
Cuppa	A hot beverage
Flat white	Coffee with cream or milk
Macca’s	Mcdonald's
Sanga	Sandwich
Jell-O	Jelly
Stubbie	A bottle of beer
Durry	Cigarette
Vegies	Vegetables
Spud	A potato
Snag	Sausage
Goon	Cheap wine in a bag
Avo	Avocado
Barbie	BBQ
Brekkie	Breakfast
Bikkie	A biscuit
Chemist	Pharmacy/Drug store
Dunny	Toilet
Bucks	Dollars
Bottle-o	Liquor store
Grog run	A trip to go and buy alcohol
Esky	Ice cooler
Petrol	Gas
Knock	To criticise something
Arvo	The afternoon
Straya	Australia
Footy	Football
Mate	Friend
Pokies	Poker Machine
Budgie Smuggler	A pair of speedos
Mozzie	Mosquito
Skull	To drink something quickly in one go
Servo	Gas station/Service station
Hungry Jacks/HJs	Burger King
Woop Woop	Used to indicate a place far away
Shout	A round of drinks paid for by a particular person
EFTPOS	Machine for electronic payments. Its full form is- Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale
ATM	Electronic Banking Outlet/ Teller Machine. Its full form is- Automatic Teller Machine

Words Used at School

TERMS/PHRASES	MEANING
Rubber	Eraser
Uni	University
Pacer	Refillable/Mechanical pencil
Wag	To skip class
Biro	Pen
Mobile/Mobes	Cell phone
Zed	The letter ‘Z’
Reckon	Figure/Think/Assume
Dodgy	Suspicious/Poor quality/ Not reliable
How good is that?	That’s good
How’s it going/How ya going	How are you?

Words Used at the Workplace

TERMS/PHRASES	MEANING
Lift	Elevator
Reach out	Get into contact with
Bludger	A lazy person
FYI	For Your Information
ASAP	As Soon As Possible
Fair go	A fair chance
Moving forward	Moving on to the next thing/Thinking about the future
Whinger	Someone who complains a lot
Sickie	A day off work due to illness
Call it a day	To complete what you’re doing
Give someone a holler/ a bell	To call someone on the phone
Ta	Thank you

Someone who has stayed in Australia knows that Australian English is so much more than just an accent. It consists of unique Aussie expressions, phrases and slang terms. You can say that Australian English has become its own language.

Aussies do not pronounce the entire word. They make words sound as short as possible, as though speaking through clenched teeth.

Choosing Australia as a study destination will help you in a great way to improve your English language proficiency, including some of the Aussie slang terms/phrases mentioned above.

If still confused, you can try to do some research on frequently used words in Australia.

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